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Ask HN: Why are we burying our heads in the sand?
What's going on right now is a revolutionary power shift. Yet all I see on here are tech articles. My question is a challenge. Why are we, some of the most powerful change-makers in the mainstream economy, not having frank conversations about what's going on?
For example: last night the oil security industry sprayed people with water cannons in sub freezing temps. Why isn't there room for this on HN?
- blacksqr 10y agoBecause what we don't know can't hurt us, silly.
- jstewartmobile 10y agoOne of PG's rules from the beginning is: no politics. Can't fault him for it, because if you open that door, the whole thing turns into Slashdot. That, and I think most of us nerds are 21st century "house slaves." As long as we've got our little projects and our 20% time and our six-figures and our stock options, everything else is not our problem. Those among us who see things as they really are tend to make the big cash money, then drop-out to do something less subservient to power. JWZ started a nightclub. Moxie does crypto and sails. Even going back to Paul Lutus, he made his word processor, collected his checks, then retreated back to the wilderness and the sea.